IJ's Cases
Economic Liberty | Hair Braiding | Occupational Licensing
Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Untangling African Hair Braiders from Mississippi's Cosmetology Regime
4th Amendment Project | Private Property | Rental Inspections
Mandatory Inspections of Rental Property: Is Your Apartment Your Castle?
Commercial Speech | First Amendment | Sign Codes
Advertising Ban Is Sign of Big Government: Washington's City of Lynnwood Bans Signs For Businesses But Not for Politicians
First Amendment | Political Speech
The Dirty Truth about Arizona’s “Clean Elections” Act: U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Strike Down Program that Discourages Free Speech, Puts Thumb on Scales for Government-Funded Political Candidates
The Case In 2008, the Institute for Justice and the Goldwater Institute teamed up to challenge Arizona’s punitive system of funding campaigns with taxpayer money. The consolidated challenges to the “matching…
Economic Liberty | Occupational Licensing
Let a Thousand Florists Bloom: Uprooting Outrageous Licensing Laws In Louisiana
Economic Liberty | Hair Braiding | Occupational Licensing
Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Norwood, Ohio Homeowners & Small Businesses Battle City & Private Developer Over Eminent Domain Abuse
First Amendment
Got Free Speech?: IJ & Independent Dairy Farmers Challenge Mandatory Milk Advertising
Commercial Speech | First Amendment | Sign Codes
Banning “For Sale” Signs: The Latest Sign of a Growing Nanny State
Commercial Speech | Economic Liberty | First Amendment | Food Freedom | Sign Codes
Vindicating Free Speech: City of Redmond Sign Ordinance Punches Hole in Bagel Entrepreneur’s First Amendment Rights
Educational Choice | Publicly Funded Scholarships
Florida School Choice: Opportunity Scholarship Programs
Civil Forfeiture | Private Property
Ending Prosecution for Profit in Utah: Citizens Demand Prosecutors Follow State’s Civil Forfeiture Law
Educational Choice | Publicly Funded Scholarships
Securing Educational Opportunity For Colorado Families: Institute for Justice and Colorado Parents Defend Historic Parental Choice Program
First Amendment | First Amendment Retaliation
The Michigan Education Association Tries to Take the "Free" Out of "Free Speech"
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Ohio’s “City of Homes” Faces Wrecking Ball of Eminent Domain Abuse: Homeowners Challenge Bogus “Blight” Designation
Commercial Speech | Economic Liberty | First Amendment | Occupational Licensing
A Web of Restrictions?: Challenging California’s Free Speech Restrictions on Internet Real Estate Advertising Sites
Economic Liberty
One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Monopoly: Seattle's Independent “Mosquito Fleet” Challenges the Government-Imposed Construction Waste Hauling Monopoly
First Amendment
Vindicating Free Speech: Doughnut Entrepreneur Punches Holes In City of Mesa Sign Ordinance That Chills Speech
4th Amendment Project | Private Property | Rental Inspections
Tenants Win Battle to Stop Government Abuse: Yuma Rewrites Rental Inspection Ordinance; Lawsuit Challenging Yuma Warrantless Searches Dismissed
Educational Choice
The Next Step for School Choice: Removing State Constitutional Obstacles
Educational Choice
Clearing the Road Ahead for School Choice: Institute for Justice Asks U.S. Supreme Court To End Religious Discrimination & Vindicate Parental Liberty
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Putting the Brakes on Eminent Domain Abuse in Mesa, Arizona
Economic Liberty | Occupational Licensing
Requiem for a Cartel: Challenging Oklahoma’s Casket Monopoly
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Mississippi Eminent Domain
Civil Forfeiture | Private Property
Policing and Prosecuting For Profit: New Jersey Ex-Sheriff Fights Civil Forfeiture Abuse
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Eminent Domain Without Limits?: U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Curb Nationwide Abuses
The Case Susette Kelo dreamed of owning a home that looked out over the water. She purchased and lovingly restored her little pink house where the Thames River meets the…
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Hopelessly Rigged: New Yorkers Try to Save Their Property
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Pittsburgh Fifth & Forbes Condemnation
Educational Choice | Tax Credit Scholarships
U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses Legal Challenge to Arizona School Choice Program
The Case In 1997, Arizona adopted the nation’s first statewide scholarship credit program. The program allowed individuals who donate to School Tuition Organizations (STOs) to take a dollar-for-dollar tax credit against…
Economic Liberty | Food Freedom | Wine
Uncorking Freedom: Challenging Protectionist Restraints on Direct Interstate Wine Shipments to Consumers
The Case Juanita Swedenburg, Virginia vintner and member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, successfully waged the nation’s leading legal battle to reestablish the American ideals of unfettered interstate commerce,…
